RE: Firewall Science Project

["Feeney, Tim" <Tim.Feeney () fmr com>]

Kevin,

A bit more information on what your project needs to be.  Is this a physical
design and setup of a firewall, or is it a term paper?  There are numerous
groups/companies around the Boston area who you can talk to.  They may even
be located on the South Shore so that you can see how they do things.  You
may want to start by talking to some ISP's in your area about how they
firewall their sites.

One thing to note is that there is a LISA conference in Boston on December
6-11 that may be useful to you.  While the subject matter for the technical
talks may be above your level of knowledge, you would be able to see
products that are out there, and maybe even smooze a free trial version of
some firewall software/hardware.

Good Luck.  It is up to the moderator of this list (Marcus?) to extend an
invitation to send questions to the list, but feel free to send them to me.

Tim

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin Sullivan [SMTP:KSullivan () tmlp com]
> Sent: Sunday, October 11, 1998 10:00 PM
> To:   firewall-wizards () nfr net
> Subject:      Firewall Science Project
>
> Hello-
>
>     I am a junior at Brockton High School in Brockton, MA. I am very
> interested in computer science and it is a definate career choice for me.
> I
> am looking into doing my science project on firewall's this year. I was
> wondering if anyone else has seen a project done on this or if they could
> suggest some ideas for experiments. Or even if they could just point me in
> the right direction for research. Thank you very much for your time.
>
> Kevin Sullivan